The facts of life — death, taxes, and parking spaces

There used to be five, but now there are three

Dear Matthew Alice: How many facts of life are there, and what are they? — Wondering, La Jolla

There are three facts of life: There will always be death; there will always be taxes; there will never be enough parking spaces. There used to be five facts of life, but recent state and federal budget cutbacks eliminated two of them.